Dissociation of Motor Task-Induced Cortical Excitability and Pain Perception Changes in Healthy Volunteers

Magdalena S. Volz; Mariana Mendonca; Fernando S. Pinheiro; Huashun Cui; Marcus Santana; Felipe Fregni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034273

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Dissociation of Motor Task-Induced Cortical Excitability and Pain Perception Changes in Healthy Volunteers

Magdalena S. Volz,

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Charité Center for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Mariana Mendonca,

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Fernando S. Pinheiro,

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Huashun Cui,

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marcus Santana,

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Felipe Fregni

* E-mail: fregni.felipe@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dissociation of Motor Task-Induced Cortical Excitability and Pain Perception Changes in Healthy Volunteers

Magdalena S. Volz,
Mariana Mendonca,
Fernando S. Pinheiro,
Huashun Cui,
Marcus Santana,
Felipe Fregni

Published: March 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034273

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